William Thomas Ewell

Brief Life History of William Thomas

When William Thomas Ewell was born on 5 October 1846, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, William Fletcher Ewell, was 30 and his mother, Mary Lee Bland, was 28. He married Martha Platt Wall on 23 June 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States for about 40 years and Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 12 February 1916, in Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Santaquin City Cemetery, Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thomas Ewell
1846–1916
Martha Platt Wall
1852–1931
Marriage: 23 June 1873
William Thomas Ewell Jr
1874–1957
Frederick John Ewell
1876–1929
Sarah Mariah Ewell
1878–1878
Peter Fletcher Ewell
1879–1879
Purmit Richard Ewell
1881–1885
Zachariah Henry Ewell
1884–1968
Martha Ewell
1886–1886
Pauline Bland Ewell
1888–1968
Mary Elizabeth Ewell
1891–1966
Franklin Marion Ewell
1894–1958
Clara Alice Ewell
1897–1947

Sources (39)

  • William Jones in household of Peter Jones, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • William Thomas Ewell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): habitational name from Ewell Minnis or Temple Ewell (Kent) or possibly from Ewell (Surrey), all named from Old English ǣwell ‘river source’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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William was born during almost incredible hardships in Council Bluffs, Iowa where the Mormon saints had fled because of religious persecution. He was the 5th child. His father and namesake died when …

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